You are probably aware of bug hotels with drilled wooden blocks and bee nesting tubes with bamboo bundles or narrow cardboard tubes, but what uses them? There are several bee species – mason bees (genus Osmia), leaf-cutter bees (genus Megachile) and a few others, but the commonest is the Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis) which … Continue reading Mason bees: no sting in the tail!